Life is made up of compromises.

The value of books is proportionate to what may be called their plasticity -- their quality of being all things to all men, of being diversely moulded by the impact of fresh forms of thought.

I swear I only want to hear about you, to know what you've been doing. It's a hundred years since we've met-it may be another hundred before we meet again.

One cares so little for the style in which one's praises are written.

Yes, you have been away a very long time.' 'Oh, centuries and centuries; so long,' she said, 'that I'm sure I'm dead and buried and this dear old place is heaven.

Blessed are the pure in heart for they have so many more things to talk about.

What a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.